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Explorers

The adventure begins in your own back yard.

1985 · PG · 1h 49m

Directed by Joe Dante

6.3

TMDB audience score
540 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.

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Cast

  • Ethan Hawke
    Ben Crandall

  • River Phoenix
    Wolfgang Müller

  • Jason Presson
    Darren Woods

  • Amanda Peterson
    Lori Swenson

  • Bobby Fite
    Steve Jackson

  • Dana Ivey
    Mrs. Müller

  • James Cromwell
    Mr. Müller

  • Dick Miller
    Charlie Drake

  • Bradley Gregg
    Steve Jackson's Gang

  • Georg Olden
    Steve Jackson's Gang

  • Chance Schwass
    Steve Jackson's Gang

  • Meshach Taylor
    Gordon Miller

  • Danny Nucci
    Nasty Kid at School

  • Taliesin Jaffe
    Ludwig Müller

  • Brooke Bundy
    Science Teacher

  • Tricia Bartholome
    Girl in Classroom

  • Eric Luke
    Darren's Teacher

  • Robert Picardo
    Starkiller / Wak / Wak and Neek's Father